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IVILLIAM ANSON, OF BIRMINGHAM, COUNTY OF XVARVICK, ENGLAND.

SHELL-EJECTING MECHANISM FOR BREECH-LOADING GUNS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,118, dated October4, 1857.

Application filed February 11,1887. Serial Xo.227,300. (No model.)Patented in England December 9, 1886, No. 16,85.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM ANSON, asubject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing at Slaney Street, Birmingham, in the county ofWarwick, England, gun-maker, haveinvented certain new and usefulImprovements in Hammerless and other Breech-Loading Guns and Rifles inwhich the Barrels Drop Down for Charging, (for which I have obtained apatent in Great Britain, No. 16,138, bearing date December 9, 1886,) ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hammer-less and other breeclrloading guns andrifles in which the barrels drop down for charging, and has for itsobject the extraction and ejection ofthe empty cartridge-cases afterfiring.

In this specification, for convenience of description, the extractor,with my additions and improvements, is hereinafter referred to as theeXtraetor-ej eotor.

In order that my said invention may be particularly described andascertained, reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, inwhich similar letters of reference indicare corresponding parts.

In the said drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation partly in section of ahammerless gun embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail of the ejectormechanism, the barrels being closed. Fig. 3 is a view of the same parts,the barrels being open. Figs. 4, and 5 are rear elevations of theextractor-ejector. Fig. 6 is a plan view of part of the breech portionof the Fig. 7 is a detail section of the breech end of one barrel. Fig.Sis adetail elevation of the lift detached. Fig. 9 is a front elevationof the fore end, showing the lift in place. Fig. 10 is a rear elevationof the extractorlift, enlarged, showing the devices for preventing theextraction of unfired cartridges. Fig. 11 is a similar view showing theparts in different position. Fig. 12 is a sectional view showing themeans for operating the parts shown in Figs. 10 and 11. Fig. 13 is anelevation of the striking-plate.

In the said drawings, the letter (1, Figs. 2 to 5, inclusive, denotesthe extraetorejector, having' shoulders I) I), which engage the ends ofthe cartridges.

0 represents the extractor-ejector rod actuated by the lift (1. Fittedto the extractorejector is a spring, 6, and pivoted upon a pin, f, is acatch, f, provided with a shoulder, f with which a spring, g, hascontact. The end of the catrhfextends rearward and lies over thesear-rod h, which is lifted by the pulling of the trigger and raises therear end of the catchf, causing its other end to engage the spring 6.\Vhen the barrels are dropped for loading, as in Fig. 3, theextractor-ejector 1S pushed backward by the extractorlift d, theshoulders I) of the former, as well as the upper end of the spring 0,being all in engagement with the projecting edges of the butt-ends ofthe empty cartridge shells. The spring c has a cross'head at the top, asseen in Fig. 4, and is arranged between the. barrels, whereby the endsof the cross-head may engage with both shells. As the barrels drop, theextractorejector starts the shells from the barrels; but

catchf until, on further lowering of the barrels, the increased pressureof the extractorejector overcomes the catch f, whereby the spring e isreleased from the catch, whereupon it at once expels the shells from thebarrels.

For the purpose of preventing the ejection of unfired cartridges, and toaccumulate sufficient force in the spring to eject the shells, I mayform in the chamber one or more indentations or recesses, as k, as inFig. 7, in such position that when the gun is tired the explosive forceof the powder will expand a portion of the metal of the cartridge shelland cause it to enter said recess. When the extractorejector begins topress the cartridge-case outward, the expanded part will bind slightlyin the chamber and retain the shell until the spring has gained enoughforce to overcome the resistance and expel the shell from the chamber.

I construct the lift d with two ears, (1 d, Figs. 8 and 9, which engagethe fore end and retain the lift in position. The screw 00 passesthrough a slot in the fore-end iron, and in said slot the screw canslide freely when the barrels are dropped or raised.

To prevent the ejection of unfired cartridges I prefer the constructionshown in Figs. 10 to 13, inclusive. Upon the extractor-ejector a, I

pivot upon pins 1) plates 1), having thumbthe spring 6 is momentarilyheld by the lip of IOC- pieces b which project over the butt-end edgesof the cartridges. Through the strikingplate project the plungers g, bywhich the cartridges are exploded, and below and to one side projectpins rr, connected to the plungers g, as shown in Fig. 11, each pinhaving an angular arm, r, provided with a nipple, r the latter engagingwith a notch in the plunger in such-manner that when the latter is drawnback it will retract the pin 9, but will not atfect its position whenthe plungeris projected forward. Springs 8 throw the pins outward whenthe gun is fired, each pin being wholly independent of the other.

When the gun is fired,the pins r are thrown outward and project throughthe strikingplate. If,now, the barrels are dropped, these pins willstrike the thumb-pieces If and depress them, thereby permitting theextraction of the shells.

The several parts described may be applied without change of a materialcharacter to single-barrel drop down guns, whether hammerless orotherwise.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In abreech-loading drop-down gun, the combination, with theextractor-ejector and its lift, of a spring mounted on theextractorejector and having its free end engaging the cartridge, a catchengaging said spring, and a sear-rod operated by the trigger to effectsuch engagement, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the drop-down barrels, the extractor-ejector,and the lift, of the spring mounted by one end upon theextractor-ejector and having its other end engaging the cartridges, acatch pivoted in the barrels, a spring acting upon said catch, and a ofsaid rod, the spring a, secured tothe extractorejector, the pivotedcatch f above said spring, the spring 9, acting on the catch, and

the sear-rod h, lifted by pulling the trigger to engage the catch withthe spring on the eX- tractor-ejector, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with the barrels and trigger of a drop-down gun, ofthe extractorejector a, having the rod 0, the spring 6 on theextractor-ejector, the pivoted catch f above said spring, the spring g,acting on the catch, the sear-rod h, lifted by the trigger to engage thecatch with the spring on the extractorejector, and the lift d, arrangedat the forward end of the extractor-ejector rod and having the cars d d,engaging the fore end, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with the extractorejector a, of the plates b,pivoted to said extractor-ejector and having thumb-pieces b to projectover the butt-end edges of the car-.

tridges, the striking-plate, the plnngers q in said plate, the pins 0',connected with the plangers and moved inward thereby, and springs s, forthrowing the pins outward when the gun is fired, substantially asdescribed.

6. The combination, with the extractorejector a, of the plates 12',pivoted to said extractor-ejector and having thumb-pieces b to projectover the butt-end edges of the cartridges, the strikingplate, theplungers q, arranged in said plate and having recesses, the pins 1",having bent arms r, provided with nipples engaging the recesses in theplungers, and the springs s, acting on the pins to throw them outwardwhen the gun is fired, substantially as described.

Dated this 31st day of December, 1886.

WVILLIAM ANSON.

\Vitnesses:

JAMES RosIER, HENRY BREWIN, Both of 47 New Street, Birmingham, Clerks t0Reece, Harris &; Harris, Solicitors, Birmingham.

